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Texas Department op Agricultuee. 



An extractor may be 

 dispensed with the first 

 season if comb honey only 

 is to be produced, but one 

 will be necessary later on 

 — almost surely the next 

 season. By all means, do 

 not omit a good text book 

 on beekeeping, as it is as 

 necessary as, if not more 

 needed than, anything else, 

 for successfully conduct- 

 ing an apiary. 



There are many little 

 useful devices that may be 

 added from time to time, some of which may be made by the bee- 

 keeper himself, depending upon his ingenuity. An important in- 

 strument is the hive-tool, used for opening hives and prying frames 

 apart. Besides the one shown, a short piece of a buggy-spring blade, 

 sharpened at one end and rounded at the other, is a good one for 

 both prying and scraping. A handy little combination tool box and 

 seat can be made and supplied with hammer, screwdriver, sharp 

 knife, etc., in addition to the smoker and hive-tool. 





Handy tool-box seat. 



WHEN TO BUY SUPPLIES. 



Although all hives, supers and accessories, likely to be required,, 

 may be procured from supply dealers at any time previous to needing 

 them, the experienced beekeeper, as a rule, purchases his supplies for 

 the next season in the preceding fall, as he gains several great ad- 



